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    • ALAS transfers to Arias Cañete the environmental implications of non-renewal of glyphosate

    Representatives of ALAS (Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) have transferred the possible environmental implications of non-renewal of glyphosate to Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action. Thus, from ALAS has insisted on the need to renew for 15 years this herbicide substance, used for more than 40 years.

    I International Olivo Symposium in hedge, a direct look at the reality of this crop

    The I International Symposium of the olive grove in hedge, Olint, recently celebrated by the University of Córdoba (UCO), Agromillora and Olint, technical magazine of Agromillora Iberia, represented a golden opportunity to obtain a more direct and close knowledge of the reality of this crop Super-intensive. An event that attracted more than 600 professionals from the sector, who gathered in the Aula Magna of the Campus Rabanales of the UCO.

    The Generalitat Valenciana confirms the first case of Xylella fastidiosa in the Peninsula

    The Department of Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development of the Generalitat Valenciana has confirmed the first detection of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in the Iberian Peninsula, specifically in a plantation of almonds in the municipality of Guadalest in the Alicante region of the Navy Low.

    The volume of fruit consumed in Spain grows by 2.8% in the last 12 months

    The volume of fruit consumed in our country has grown by 2.8% in the last 12 months, as it was announced during the 19th Congress of Fruits and Vegetables celebrated by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors (AECOC). Another interesting piece of information on the occasion of this important meeting of the horticultural sector, which has gathered more than 500 managers, refers to the growth forecast, around 5%, which more than 55% of professionals in the sector augur to its companies in 2017.

    Afrucat and DARP collaborate with Edeka in promoting flat peach in Germany

    Supermarkets Edeka, the main German distribution chain, has included in its promotional campaign for the month of July the flat peach. In this initiative, which is expected to double sales of this product, the Business Fruit Association of Catalonia (Afrucat) and the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (DARP) of the Catalan Autonomous Government collaborate.

    Globalcaja instructs agri-food companies in the new VAT system

    Globalcaja is carrying out a series of days, in Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo and Cuenca, in order to form in the new VAT System of the Tax Agency (SII), which has entered into force as of July 1st. The beneficiaries of this initiative have been more than 200 Cooperatives, Agrarian Transformation Societies (SATs) and private agri-food companies, which use ERP (Comprehensive Management Software), facilitated and developed by Globalcaja for its integral management.

    Du Pont Pioneer sponsors the first European sunflower harvest in Seville

    The early sowing technique, which Pioneer introduced 20 years ago in Spain in the cultivation of corn, together with the use of the Pioneer P64LC108 hybrid variety, has led to the first sunflower crop of this campaign to have taken place yesterday, 22th June, in the Sevillian town of La Campaña, Seville. A collection that is anticipated at least one month on the usual dates in Andalusia, one of the first areas of Europe to harvest.

    The EC extends with € 70M the aid scheme for the Russian veto

    From tomorrow, from 1st July to the end of June 2018, the extension of exceptional measures already in place to support producers of perishable fruit affected by the import ban decreed by the Russian authorities enters into force.

    Bolivia: Government boosts Genetic Research on Quinoa

    The Government of Bolivia, through the Ministry of Rural Development and Lands and the International Quinoa Center (CIQ), in coordination with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), organized the First International Forum on the cultivation of Quinoa, under the heading "Opportunities and Challenges to the discovery of the quinoa genome". The objective of this initiative is to contribute to the strengthening of the country's quinuero sector.

    The Government of Aragon enables up to 50M € to mitigate drought damage

    The Department of Rural Development and Sustainability of the Government of Aragon will support the creation of a specific line of loan of up to 50 million euros for farmers and ranchers affected by the drought that need to resort to financing their expenses. The aid will consist of financing the interest to which the banks perform these operations trying to get as close as possible to zero.